Graduate student in biosystems engineering wins university's Three Minute Thesis competition

11/14/24 2:15 PM

Auburn Engineering students won first place, second place and the People's Choice Award at the annual research pitch competition.

Biosystems engineering student researches impact of microplastics and microfibers on aquatic and human life

11/11/24 11:15 PM

Alison Boardwine, a senior in biosystems engineering and public and one health, recently began her second round of research on the effects of microplastics and microfibers on Daphnia magna, a water flea and one of the primary consumers in aquatic food webs and their connection to potential human impact.

Auburn Engineering secures record $117.7 million in new research awards and contracts for FY24

11/11/24 7:00 AM

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has set a college record for new research awards and contracts for a fiscal year, closing FY24 with $117.7 million.

#GINNing Podcast: Not-So-Rotten Tomatoes

11/8/24 10:00 AM

We've always said "never let a good tomato go to waste." Unless, of course, Bipasyana Dhungana, could use it to change the world.

Auburn Makersfest submissions due Oct. 18

10/8/24 3:00 PM

Auburn Makersfest 2024 is offering $2,000 in prize money to any Auburn student who has developed a product, written a song, or composed a poem – anything that was created – during a competition meant to stimulate creative thinking.

CDCR to host Aerospace and Biotechnology Industry Days in October

9/25/24 10:00 AM

Auburn Engineering’s Career Development and Corporate Relations (CDCR) office will host Aerospace Industry Day on Oct. 1 and Biotechnology Industry Day on Oct. 16. Both will take place from noon to 3 p.m. at the Brown-Kopel Center Grand Hall.

Auburn Engineering undergraduate program ranked No. 30 among public institutions nationwide

9/24/24 7:20 AM

Auburn Engineering’s undergraduate program also ranked fourth among the 13 public institutions in the Southeastern Conference and — again — No. 1 in the state.

Biosystems engineering students earn kudos for alginate-based granola wrappers

9/17/24 2:00 PM

Four Auburn biosystems engineering doctoral students won second place in the Bioprocessing Startup Competition at the recent American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers annual meeting for their alginate-based food-safe wrappers.

CDCR to host engineering career fair in September

9/16/24 10:00 AM

The Career Development and Corporate Relations (CDCR) office will host an annual engineering career fair Sept. 23 and 26 in Brown-Kopel Grand Hall from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Auburn Biosystems Engineering dominates at 2024 ASABE International Meeting

8/5/24 2:00 PM

Auburn University's Department of Biosystems Engineering (BSEN) was hard to miss at the 2024 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting held last week in Anaheim, California. And hard to beat.

Hendrix named associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment

7/17/24 12:40 PM

Dean Hendrix has been named associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Mario Eden, dean of engineering.

Auburn Engineering graduate programs ranked No. 31 among public institutions by U.S. News and World Report

6/18/24 7:40 AM

Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs were ranked No. 5 overall in the Southeastern Conference and, again, No. 1 in the state.

#GINNing Podcast: Real Deal Jada Neal

6/14/24 8:00 AM

Which upcoming bioprocesses engineering senior is grabbing undergraduate research by the horns in order to harness the power of pectin for skincare applications? Which student leader overachiever is ready to make a believer out of Unilever? Yep, it's Jada Neal. She's the real deal.

Auburn expands support for advanced manufacturing

6/11/24 9:00 AM

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will create an Analytical, Innovation and Manufacturing Laboratory to specifically foster workforce development, interdisciplinary collaboration and industry-relevant research and innovation aimed broadly at advanced manufacturing.

#GINNing Podcast: Lettuce Now Praise Famous Men

5/31/24 8:00 AM

Enjoy this conversation with biosystems engineering doctoral student Wellington Arthur on long-term nutrient utilization and evaluation of pathogenic bacteria in a pilot-scale wastewater treatment system for hydroponic irrigation — and lettuce.

David named associate dean for research

5/29/24 7:45 AM

Allan David has been named associate dean for research for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Dean Mario Eden.

Graduate School honors 28 students from Auburn Engineering

4/30/24 9:45 AM

More than 20 engineering graduate students were recognized at the annual Auburn University Graduate School awards ceremony, Friday, April 26, in the Melton Student Center Ballroom.

Auburn’s Water and Environmental Student Association finds success at AL/MS joint water conference

4/25/24 2:30 PM

Auburn University’s Water and Environmental Student Association (WESA) traveled to Mobile in April to attend the Alabama/Mississippi Water Joint Annual Conference. They came back with hardware and scholarships.

AUBE Lab collaborates with world-famous dance company

4/16/24 3:00 PM

Thanks to Auburn Engineering, one of the best modern dance ensembles in the world might now be even better.  On Monday, in advance of the Paul Taylor Dance Company's Tuesday night performance at the Gogue Performing Arts Center, students in the Auburn Biomechanical Engineering (AUBE) Lab mapped the movements of three of the company's dancers via motion capture technology.

Auburn Engineering faculty named to 2024 promotion, tenure list

4/8/24 1:00 PM

Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan recently announced the names of faculty awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2024, including 19 faculty in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

#GINNing Podcast: On the March

4/5/24 10:00 AM

Meet biosystems engineering sophomore Bella Nonales, a dean's list dynamo with a chance of making history as the drummiest major in the history of the Auburn University Marching Band. Not bad for someone who just celebrated her 5th birthday. Listen to Nonale discuss her Auburn aspirations — and Metallica — on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

#GINNing Podcast: Meet Maddie

3/29/24 8:00 AM

On the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast, meet biosystems engineering sophomore Maddie Spoor, an Auburn Engineering double legacy who's getting the earliest jump possible on undergraduate research in order to blaze her own trail.

Biosystems engineering alumna's supply chain savvy highlighted in PepsiCo STEM campaign

2/29/24 4:00 PM

Snack giant Frito-Lay recently highlighted 2013 biosystems engineering graduate Katelyn Rheinlander's meteoric career with the PepsiCo subsidiary in a social media campaign tied to its parent company's "She Is PepsiCo" initiative supporting women in manufacturing.

BSE doctoral student's presentation on bio-resin application for 3D-printing houses places first at ASABE

2/19/24 4:15 PM

Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering shows no signs of changing its award-winning ways for the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The most recent example? Doctoral student Manish Sakhakarmy, whose oral presentation on the pyrolysis of Douglas firs, eucalyptus and poplar trees for novolac resin production recently placed first in the oral / poster competition at the ASABE Annual International Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.  

Registration under way for AUSome Science in 60 Seconds

1/19/24 2:30 PM

Last spring’s AUsome Science in 60 Seconds research pitch competition was so successful, Auburn Engineering is hosting it again.

Auburn family has Guatemala, coffee in their blood

1/2/24 12:00 PM

If die-hard Auburn fans truly bleed orange and blue, then few families’ blood likely features more of the Tiger colors than the Brodbeck clan, whose immediate family features seven Auburn graduates. But a blood test would also show another liquid running just as prominently through the Brodbecks’ veins — coffee.

#GINNing Podcast: Biosystems standout to serve as engineering graduation marshal

12/1/23 8:15 AM

Natalie Hodge, a graduating senior in biosystems engineering, has been selected to lead the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering in Auburn University’s fall commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 9.

Student in mechanical engineering wins top prize, $2,350 at Graduate Engineering Research Showcase

10/16/23 9:40 AM

Ryan Pollard, a first-year graduate student, earned 'Best in Show' honors for his oral and poster presentation, "A Kinematics-Based Approach to Future Joint Angle Prediction."

Next Level program aims to develop career skills in students

9/28/23 10:00 AM

The College of Engineering's newly launched pilot program, titled Next Level, aims to enhance career preparedness and to improve first destination satisfaction by focusing on formative career development in the classroom.

Auburn Engineering the only academic institution among Green Cross Award semifinalists

9/25/23 8:20 AM

College recognized for advocating transformational research that doesn't push the boundaries of safety.

Almost 200 registered for annual Graduate Engineering Research Showcase

9/21/23 8:00 AM

Students will exchange ideas, hypotheses and fresh concepts between one another and faculty judges on Thursday, October 12.

Auburn Engineering undergraduate programs ranked among U.S. News and World Report's Top 30 public institutions

9/18/23 12:00 PM

Auburn Engineering's undergraduate programs climbed three spots in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Auburn ranked by National Academy of Inventors among Top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents

9/14/23 7:00 AM

Auburn innovators earned 12 new patents in 2022

#GINNing Podcast: The Scholar

9/8/23 11:00 AM

Listen to Ayden Kemp, one of Auburn Engineering's two latest Goldwater Scholars, discuss how his 5th-grade trip to Disneyland inspired a unique educational journey only one engineering school could provide.

$1M USDA-funded phosphorus mitigation project latest in CBB’s growing research portfolio

8/25/23 11:00 AM

For Auburn's Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts (CBB), 2023 is coming up roses. And ryegrass.

Artificial intelligence-themed film festival kicks off Tuesday, August 29

8/22/23 3:00 PM

Viewers will have the opportunity to view five movies, then learn from an Auburn University professor about what they witnessed and how it can be applied today… and tomorrow.

Senior Fellow of McCrary Institute nominated for National Cyber Director

7/26/23 7:00 AM

If confirmed by the Senate, Harry Coker would advise the President of the United States on cybersecurity strategy and policy, working out of the White House and leading the Office of the National Cyber Director.

Kitchen to Car: USDA backs BSE professor's method for producing eco-friendly biolubricants from waste cooking oil

7/11/23 10:00 AM

High triglycerides — bad for your heart, good for your engine (and your environment).  That's the (general) idea behind a novel method to produce eco-friendly biolubricants from waste cooking oil (WCO) to serve as base oil in automotive lubricants developed by Hossein Jahromi, an assistant research professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering. And it's a good one. 

Senior in aerospace, biosystems awarded Astronaut Scholarship Foundation scholarship

6/26/23 10:00 AM

Ayden Kemp dreams of developing and maintaining life support systems for manned spaceflight so humanity can one day establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon and on Mars.

#GINNing Podcast: Gemini Vegetarian

6/2/23 12:00 PM

Undergraduate research. Under the sea solutions.

#GINNing Podcast: Big Dam Deal

5/19/23 12:00 PM

Anna Lancaster, a junior in biosystems engineering doing undergraduate research under associate civil engineering professor Jack Montgomery, recently beat out three PhD students for first place in the United States Society on Dams' Kim de Rubertis Scholarship competition.

#GINNing Podcast: New Boss Level

5/12/23 12:00 PM

As chemical engineering chair, Mario Eden led the department to its highest-ever U.S. News & World Report Graduate Program ranking; increased undergraduate enrollment to record numbers with incoming freshmen with ACT scores of 30 or higher for 11 years in a row; successfully added 17 tenure-track faculty members and two full-time lecturers during the past 10 years, including the department achieving the highest percentage of female full professors among any chemical engineering department in the country; increased philanthropic support of the program by millions of dollars; and successfully led the department through the national accreditation process in 2016 and 2022. Last month, he was appointed the new dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. But in terms of lasting impact, his latest distinction — #GINNing Podcast guest — stands alone.

#GINNing Podcast: Since she was 13

5/5/23 3:00 PM

Katie Leonard, Auburn's latest NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, graduates in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, something that's been in the works since was 13.

Taylor named Auburn SVP for Research and Economic Development

5/4/23 2:00 PM

Taylor has served as the interim dean of Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering since April 2022. Taylor will begin his new position on June 1.

Auburn Engineering climbs to No. 31 in U.S. News and World Report rankings

4/25/23 5:44 AM

Auburn Engineering has climbed 10 spots in the Best Graduate program rankings over the past four years

CPAC gives used 3D printing filament new life through recycling program

4/21/23 12:50 PM

Through ReMake, the Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites is collecting 3D printing waste and recycling it into filament that can be redistributed to labs across campus.

CPAC Summer Seminar Series kicks off May 30

4/20/23 1:00 PM

The annual seminar series hosted by the Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites is an opportunity for graduate students to share their research and foster interdisciplinary research collaboration at Auburn.

Auburn University appoints Mario Eden as its new dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

4/14/23 2:00 PM

Following a national search, Mario Eden, the Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor and chair of Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named as the 14th dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Interim Provost Vini Nathan.

Spring awards recognize outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni

4/14/23 1:45 PM

The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted its annual spring awards ceremony, which recognizes students, faculty, staff and alumni who have shown outstanding leadership and devotion to the college.

McCrary Institute to host top experts for virtual roundtable on securing space

4/11/23 2:25 PM

Event Will Discuss Need to Prioritize Resilience of U.S. Space Systems